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Registrations available for your business
The following registrations can be completed in OneStop. Click on each link to determine the information you may require to complete the registrations.
Click here for a printable version. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Your business MAY be required to complete registration applications other than those currently available in OneStop. To find out, contact SmallBusiness BC toll free at 1-800-667-2272, or visit their web site.
Sole Proprietorship or General Partnership Registration
Do I need to register my business?
The first step in incorporation or registration of a proprietorship or partnership is the approval of the business name. Your business name search and approval cannot be completed through the OneStop service.
To instantly register your sole proprietorship or general partnership, you will need:
- the name approval request number (found on your Name Approval Request Form).
- your business name exactly as it was approved through the Name Approval Request process by the Registrar of Companies.
- the start date of business in British Columbia.
- to pay $40.00 online using Visa or Mastercard, or pay by cash at one of the Government Agents offices located throughout BC.
For more details on the Name Approval Process, click here.
Questions? Contact B.C. Corporate Registry toll free through Enquiry BC 1-800-663-7867 or
www.fin.gov.bc.ca/registries/corppg/
If you need to dissolve or change your partnership or proprietorship registration, please use the Dissolution or Change of Partnership or Proprietorship Registration form, found at the B.C. Corporate Registry website.
If you are ready to proceed with your registration of a proprietorship or partnership, click 'Next'.
Social Service Tax (PST)
Do I need to apply for a Social Service Tax (PST) Account?
Yes, if you engage in business activities such as selling or leasing taxable goods or services as described on the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue web site: www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/ctb/publications/bulletins/SST_044.pdf
To apply for a Social Service Tax (PST) account using OneStop, you will need:
- date the business started or plans to start making taxable sales, leases or services.
- incorporation number (if you are registering as a corporation).
Questions? Contact the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue toll free within Canada at 1-877-388-4440 or within the Vancouver area at 604-660-4524.
If you are ready to proceed, click 'Next'.
Hotel Room Tax
Do I need to apply for a Hotel Room Tax (HRT) Account?
Yes, if you sell accommodation that is subject to Hotel Room Tax as described on the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue website: www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/ctb/publications/bulletins/HRT_005.pdf
To apply for a Hotel Room Tax (HRT) account using OneStop, you will need:
- date the business started or plans to start making taxable sales of accommodation.
- incorporation number (if you are registering as a corporation).
Questions? Contact the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue toll free within Canada at 1-877-388-4440 or within the Vancouver area at 604-660-4524.
If you are ready to proceed, click 'Next'.
WorkSafeBC
Do I need to register with WorkSafeBC?
Registration
The benefit of completing a WorkSafeBC registration is that as an employer, you cannot be sued for the costs of a work-related injury or disease.
If a worker is injured while on the job during the course of employment, WorkSafeBC pays for the worker's entire medical and wage-loss costs. A full list of registration benefits can be found here.
To register with WorkSafeBC - Workers' Compensation Board of B.C., either as an employer or for Personal Optional Protection, you will need:
- Your incorporation number, date and jurisdiction if you operate a limited company.
- Your business number from the Canada Revenue Agency, if you have one (limited companies must have one before registering).
- Make and model of your major equipment that you use to generate revenue (e.g. a backhoe operator who uses a backhoe).
- An estimate of your payroll, if applicable.
- Start date of operations and, if applicable, of your first worker.
- An e-mail address.
- Names, birth dates, and contact information of proprietor, or of all partners, or of all active shareholders.
- Contact information for your business.
Questions? Contact the WorkSafeBC Employer Service Centre at 604-244-6181 (Vancouver), toll free 1-888-922-2768 or WorkSafeBC.com
If you are ready to proceed with your WorkSafeBC registration, click 'Next'.
Federal Registrations through OneStop
How does a business obtain a Business Number (BN)?
You will need to provide the following information to obtain the specified Business Number account from the Canada Revenue Agency:
All Business Number Accounts
- name and Social Insurance Number of at least one owner and the existing
Business Number, if applicable.
Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) Accounts
Do I need to register for Goods and Services Tax / Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) with the CRA?
- estimate of GST/HST taxable sales
- GST/HST registration effective date (this date establishes when you become eligible for any credits and liable to collect GST/HST)
Payroll Deductions
Do I need to register for Payroll Deductions with the CRA?
- how often you pay your employees
- date of first payment to employees
Import/Export Account
Do I need to register for an Import and/or Export account with the CRA?
- type of account required (importer, exporter or both)
- type of goods exporting
- annual value of goods exported
Corporate Income Tax
Do I need to register for Corporate Income Tax with the CRA?
- incorporation certification number
- date of incorporation
- jurisdiction of incorporation (provincial, federal)
Questions? Contact Canada Revenue Agency toll free.
English 1-800-959-5525 or www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu-e.html.
French 1-800-959-7775 or www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu-f.html
If you are ready to proceed with any of your CRA registrations, click 'Next'.
Municipal Business Licence
Do I need a Municipal Business Licence?
You will need the following information to apply for a Municipal Business Licence:
- business name, address and phone number
- start date of business
- type of business (commercial, industrial, home based, other)
- total floor area of business (for farms, this does not include total acreage)
- municipalities in which the business will operate
- confirm your Municipality is a partner with OneStop by reviewing the list.
Questions? Contact the municipality. Telephone number listed in the blue pages of your telephone directory.
If you are ready to proceed with your Municipal registration, click 'Next'.
Business BCeID
Do I need a Business BCeID?
You will need to provide the following information to obtain a Business BCeID:
- Proof of the unique identity of the business (legal name, operating name, address, and so on) via an authoritative source (for example, Corporate Registry, OneStop Business Registry, or Business Number).
- Proof that the person registering the business is a principal of the company or authorized by the principal.
The methods for verifying proof of identity vary depending on the type of business or organization.
Questions? Contact BCeID at 1-888-356-2741.
If you are ready to proceed click 'Next'.
Incorporate Your Company
The first step in incorporating a company is the approval of the business name. To complete the business name approval, print the Name Approval Request form and read the Name Approval Request Instructions carefully. Then fill out the form and mail it to the Corporate Registry. For a quicker turnaround, take it to your local Government Agent office or Business Centre. For more details on the name approval process, including a copy of the form, click here.
Once the business name has been approved and you have a signed set of articles for the company along with a signed Incorporation Agreement, you can file the Incorporation Application to incorporate a company in BC. This application is filed electronically over the Internet in the Corporate Online system. Clients who do not want to file electronically can send the completed form to Dye & Durham, the Corporate Registry’s preferred service provider. For more information on filing through Dye & Durham, click here.
Before you begin to file the Incorporation Application, you must do the following:
- Know your Name approval request number (found on your Name Approval Request Form).
- Know your business name exactly as it was approved by the Registrar of Companies.
- Know and understand the prerequisites and responsibilities of incorporating a company and that a company must have a set of articles and an incorporation agreement, signed by all of the incorporators.
For more information on incorporation and other company filings, go to www.corporateonline.gov.bc.ca and click on the ‘Need Help?’ button near the top right corner of the Corporate Online welcome screen.
To start the incorporation process, click on the button below.
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